1. EVE

2. Everquest - My first MMO

3. Rift

4. Everquest 2

5. DAoC

6. Guildwars 2

7. Final Fantasy XI

8. Anarchy Online

9. Asharon's Call

10. World of Warcraft - pre WoTLK

1.  Star Wars Galaxies

2.  Dark Age of Camelot

3.  Lord of the Rings Online

4.  EverQuest

5.  EverQuest II

6.  Anarchy Online

7.  Guild Wars 2

8.  Vanguard:  Saga of Heroes

9.  World of Warcraft

10.  Istaria (Horizons)

Originally posted by defector1968

u know the image is from a site that handle it from 1 man, and always was 1000000 times innacurate

 

Maybe inaccurate, maybe not, but it's the only one sitre with this kind of data. There's not a site like VGChart for MMO population :( BTW we are a little OT, maybe it's better coming back IT :)

(and i don't like L and L2, so.... where's the problem? :D)

WoW was the first good MMO launch, it was praised for being so playable from the get go. Apart from server lag and queues purely because they didn't expect so many people, it was almost perfect compared to other MMOs. Who could blame them for not expecting so many people? MMOs never saw so many people until WoW so you can forgive them for that. What annoys me is when developers say today they didn't expect so many peple......... bullshit have you not seen every other MMO since WoW?

Now though a playable MMO is the norm from launch, people expect to have a perfect AAA MMO + all the content WoW has and why shouldn't they if you're going to make a game like WoW because why not just play WoW instead of a worse version?

GW2 tried to seperate itself from the WoW name as much as possible so they wouldn't be held to the same standard and it paid off for them.

This is a pretty difficult list to manage or create to include ten titles, but here's my take based on personal enjoyment and the amount of time spent playing:

1) Ultima Online

2) Everquest

3) Shadowbane

4) Darkfall

5) Planetside

6) Star Wars: Galaxies

7) World of Warcraft

8) Lineage 2

9) Age of Conan

10) Matrix Online

Mind I don't play these anymore they just had the best memories:

FFXI - 1st mmo which always leaves an impression.

DDO - Loved rebuilding my char 100 times and see what he was better/worse at.  

Mabinogi  - Loved my pet collection.

1. SWTOR
2. WOW (all of it)
3. Rift AND GW2
4. em ... er.. . hmmm....
5. .
6. .
7. .TSW
8. .
9. AOC, CO, WAR, LOTRO, ...

i will type only those from my EXPERIENCE and not what is placed in history, and i have just seen videos and screenshots.

1) EVE

2) GW2

3) WoW

4) Lineage ][

5) Fallen Earth

6) Rift

7) Age of Conan

8) Guild Wars

9) WarHammer Online

10) TERA

my rate are based through the true innovation of each game and through the fun i had in these games ... (well in some of them i didnt had fun like WoW or AoC, but my friends had so i suppose they were fun to play general ..)

Best mmo's of all time... hmm that's a loaded question. How do you measure it?

Eve - even tho I've never been an avid fan had the cojones to allow a player-driven world and continue to run with it. I never paid a month for subscription but probably gets my number one vote.

Everquest - everything i thought a great game should be and "beat me to it". Always a special place in my heart.

City of Heroes - maybe better than wow to bring the non-gamers to gaming. Ridiculous replayability. Amazing memories.

WoW - honorable mention for sheer numbers.